Autograph letter signed from John Mitchell to Miss Tree, Westgate Building, Bath [manuscript], 1824.

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Autograph letter signed from John Mitchell to Miss Tree, Westgate Building, Bath [manuscript], 1824.

Correspondent is possibly John Mitchell, the theatre manager. Mitchell mentions the illness of an "old gentleman" and says there is not the least occasion for her mother to come to town. Following Mitchell's letter, a draft response from Ellen Tree in which she mentions coming for a week if she can get leave from the theater. Both the letter and the response make reference to Ellen Tree's sister Maria. Date of letter from postmark.

2 leaves ; 23 x 19 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7562160

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Kean, Ellen, 1805-1880

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Charles Kean lived at No. 3, Torrington Square, W.C. 1, in 1853-56, according to The London Encyclopaedia, ed. Ben Weinreb and Christopher Hibbert (1983). From the description of Autograph letter signed from Ellen Kean, London, to an unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1853-56? February 12. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 694182220 English actress, born Ellen Tree. Married actor Charles Kean, son of Edmund Kean, and toured with his company. Fro...

Tree, Ann Maria, 1801-1862

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Mitchell, John, 1806-1874

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